The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-01-21

was plenty Of catnip within: he conI
see that, and he could find it nowher
else; and after many feints he entere
siealthily, touched the spring as i
pushed on, aud in moment was secured
But the catching of the tiger wa
nothing compared to the labor and anx
4 iety attending getting him into a Gag
which had to be made and sending hin
to market. Meanwhile he had TO be fed
which duty was as igned TO one of tn
negroes, who secured the country 70
KIDS, shotes and jack-rabbits; for h,
had no weapon with which to secur,
large game. The cage, rude beyond de
s'Hptlon, was bated with shote and
packed rp to the trap, which was lifted
Just high enough for the tiger (hungr;
from fast;ng) to rush in and pounce on
the porker, when the door, with a slam.
dropped into rs place.
Nothing could be finer. and the can
tam OF canoe manned with forty pad
dies, agreed to take the tiger, with the
necessary provision, to Whydah, for a
consideration. There trader consigned
the tiger to a house in London. the widow
paying freight, for the mate was broke
when the Tropic Bird went over. The
consignment reached London safely. the
tiger, an exceptionally fine one, found
ready market, and the consignee, in re-
m ting the proceeds. solicited other like
ccnslgnments. To meet the difficulty of
providing cages, he agreed to keep
eafs7sis kanehefter msde--iu sseslr =.
~ idfaf This was pleasant news, And
when received at Wafi, the mate and the
widow. who had become attached to
each other and were only waiting for a
missionary to turn up and splice them.
concluded to push the business and
make regular shipments of tigers.
From that time all went well till the
business attracted the attention of All
grimy, king of Dahomey, who ordered
kankore, the petty king who ruled in
the Wari district, TO bring the mate TO
his country seat, which was not far from
Abomey, the capital. This was startling,
but there was no help for it, and with
heavy heart the mate left the widow and
started on the journey. He and Kankose
Travelled toward Abomey as rapidly as
circumstances would admit, receiving
many attentions on the way, which Kan
korc appropriated to himself Till they
drew near to their journeys end, when
he evidently wished that il was over.
At Alladda. their first post, they were
met by delegation headed by Bunbil,
the chef Of that section. who sought to
do honor TO the mate and show proper
respect for Eankore. At Whyboo. the
next staten, they were invited to a bar
becue-a pig roasted under gum tree,
with side dishes OF vans, sharks steak
ia dclicaey at that distance from the
COST. and toasted owls; the toasting
being done By maidcns dressed in parrot
feathers. At Hocholla, the last station
before reaching Abomey, they were
treated to war dance, which was
thought ominous by the travel r., but |
they lad but little time for reflection.
for they were hurried on TO Abomer, |
where they were made to pass In and out |
Of the six gates OF the capital and then
up TO the three palace Of the King, TO |
see, possibly, their high, red-cIay walls,
stack over with skulls and marrow
bones.
At last they reached the Kings coun
Try scat, and found him on a throne of /
skulls. his Prime Minister, Mikenno,
Standing on one side, and on the othe. |,
Jhopun. the public executioner, with 7
his broad axe over his shoulder. Tn
King frowned and scowled when the =
y drew near. impatieutly wags
iand for the drums, horn ~
oells: aud ye! - RSi
80 oe 9 laboring man,
TIItI
Of countenance.
These preiiminaries over, he told the /
mate that he had sent for him to build |.
| corral and pct it in working order, for
ne, the King, intended TO go into the
business of catching and shipping tigers
This was unpleasant news to Mikenno,
Inc Prime Minister, who saw that the
of tigers so near the capital
would be attended with more or less
trouble to him, and he at once suggested
hat it would take time TO build a corral. |
while the King. by confscating the one
1t Wari, which had been run without a
license. could have the advantage of /
what had already heen done, and at once
derive revenue from the enterprise.
The King saw the point, commended the
wisdom Of his servant, ordered the mate
md al. who were ASSOCIATED with him
70 quit the country, and appointed Stan ]
bi commissioner to ~ = Wei 8
nm tho .n---i - ~ ~ anu II
S0.a Va. me Kings account. S
The mate, accompanied By Kankore and o
anbi, started at once for the coast; and Il
len they reached Wari he told the d
dow to pack their kit, while lie gave S
tention to pulling up and roofing out d
cry yestigc of catnip-cIearing up, he Il
ID, which satisfied stanbi, so long as no G
uTy was done 10 the corral. 1t was Il
tn a heavy heart that the widow at Il
It turned from the spot that had been p
interwoyen with her life, and having Il
lckcd few sprigs of ragged-sai'or, a il
OF rocket. and primrose or two, II
tn the mate she stepped on board the K
noe that was to take them to Whydah,
lere their passage was engaged on Il
ard a vessel up for Barbados, for they 81
Inted to be beyond the reach of the o
ng as soon as possible. L
After waiting reasonable time, King
lgrimy asked for returns from his tiger
terprise, and when told that no tiger
d been caught he ordered the head of d
,mbi to be cut off, and Baraka, chief j.
equal note, was sent to Wari in his
ice. He, too, was bcheaded, for not IA
ming up to time. Other chiefs were h
1t down with like results. and still the
ndon demand for gers could not be !.
ed: prices thereupon began TO 60 up, =.
soon thex-Fsaehed-- tha-oid- auota. q =:
At Barbados the mate and the widow Of
re united and opened a sailors board al
.-house, where Captain Ben Lindsey,
) skippe- heard them tel their fdven- 81
res in GUM a, as here narrated.-Ae,t m
rt E5miag Post
The Coon That Fought HOrse- In
At Malvern, Ark, last month yang
IN put his little brother upon historse arc